Dissecting knife with a removable handle, which consists of (a) the blade piece, which is made of rounded solid metal with a flat oval-shaped end piece; this end piece has a ring at its centre, and two rounde grooves on each side; the other end of the blade piece has a flat blade with a sharp round…
Dissecting knife with a removable handle, which consists of (a) the blade piece, which is made of rounded solid metal with a flat oval-shaped end piece; this end piece has a ring at its centre, and two rounde grooves on each side; the other end of the blade piece has a flat blade with a sharp rounded edge on one side and a straight, blunt edge on the other side; the blade tapers to a sharp tip; the blade piece fits into (b) the handle, which is made of a hollow flattened oval-shaped tube which is rounded and closed on one end and open at the other end; the blade fits into the handle and can be fitted so that the blade sticks out or can be put into the handle for storage purposes
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - scalpel blade - Size: Length 8.2 cm x Width 1.1 cm x Depth 0.6 cm
b - scalpel handle - Size: Length 7.2 cm x Width 1.0 cm x Depth 0.5 cm
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A.A. Travill for Queen's Faculty of Medicine collection
Material
metal: silver
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F1-8
Condition Remarks
For most of the knife, the metal shows only minor wear; the blade edge is very worn and is missing very small sections; there is no corrosion visible; #3: returned in same condition; #4: blade chipped.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
Other
JPG
Reference Comments
Previous number #230; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Surgical Instruments," the Kny-Scheerer Co., 1915, p. 1011 (similar to item A/-396, size 2) (see attached photocopy); same handle design as 997.001.032a,b; arrived at Museum with 997.001.278a-z, but did not originally come with the operating kit; CD #3
Research Facts
Came with boxed surgical instruments 997.001.266a-x
Exhibit History
May 24 - Sept. 13, 2001: Agnes Etherington Art Centre Museopathy exhibit; Bracken Library Exhibit "Boning Up on Anatomy"; Sept 9, 2002-Sept. 29, 2003